Jones stole second, advanced on Kenny Diekroeger's single and scored on a sacrifice fly, increasing Stanford's lead to 5-3. Diekroeger scored on Brian Ragira's single off a second reliever, Trevor Williams.

Deven Marrero drove in a run in the ASU eighth off Stanford pitcher Danny Sandbrink (3-0), making just his fourth start, but the Sun Devils could get no closer.

"They beat us tonight in all facets," ASU coach Tim Esmay said. "Uncharacteristically we made a couple of errors that were big. We didn't execute when we have to execute. We didn't have good at-bats after we'd get a good at-bat. We didn't play well and take advantage of their three errors after the first inning."

Sandbrink threw 129 pitches in his complete game, giving up five hits and just one earned run.

Champlin, who threw a shutout in his previous outing against California, threw 111 pitches and kept ASU close into the eighth.

"They played good baseball," Marrero said. "They executed, went first to third a lot and got hits at the right time. We just couldn't answer back. They outplayed us today. We've just got to come back and win the series."

With two outs in the fourth, Stanford put runners on first and third off a walk and Austin Wilson single to center. Jake Stewart grounded to third baseman Riccio Torrez, who hesitated as Wilson approached him then rushed a throw into the dirt at first for a two-run error and 4-2 Cardinal lead.

ASU closed within a run in the sixth when Stanford shortstop Diekroeger committed his second error, not fielding a Torrez grounder. Torrez advanced on a balk and wild pitch and scored on Marrero's single to center.

Stanford, ranked ninth in Pac-10 fielding going into this series, committed two errors in the first inning to fall behind 2-0.

After ASU leadoff batter Johnny Ruettiger beat a throw from Diekroeger, the shortstop failed to pick up a short-hop grounder by Zack MacPhee With two outs, third baseman Stephen Piscotty speared a Zach Wilson grounder but threw wildly, allowing Ruettiger and Torrez to score.

Stanford pulled even in the third. Austin Wilson, leading off, beat a throw from third baseman Torrez, Tyler Gaffney doubled and Piscotty brought both in with a single to left.